| They say Christmas is for children, but does it | | | | Grandparents never lose their sense of fun, and |
| really have to be that way? We all remember the | | | | you'll need to shower them with Christmas gifts |
| magic of our childhood Christmases, but as we | | | | to make them chuckle, lest they fall asleep in the |
| grow through our teens and into adulthood, we all | | | | armchair after Christmas dinner. How about a |
| tend to notice that special Christmas feeling | | | | collection of hilarious senior moment signs, |
| slipping away. As parents we go on to recapture | | | | celebrating the laughable drawbacks of the twilight |
| the magic through our children's eyes, but later on | | | | years, with hilarious slogans they will identify with, |
| as older folks we go on to experience a deeper | | | | like 'The reason I'm smiling is because I can't hear |
| nostalgia of years gone by that makes Christmas | | | | a word you're saying!' A wind-up racing granny |
| a very special time of year to reflect and rejoice | | | | complete with zimmer frame will have them |
| in memories stretching back a lifetime. | | | | chuckling all day, and for an after dinner treat, |
| If your granny and grandad are very old, they will | | | | they'll love a tin of Senior Moment memory loss |
| remember back to what may seem to you like a | | | | mints with 100% memory recall guaranteed! Both |
| thousand Christmases! Christmas during wartime | | | | of these lovable Christmas gifts make great |
| was a time of recycling, mending and making do, | | | | stocking fillers too. |
| when families celebrated around a small Christmas | | | | As our loved ones grow into their senior years it's |
| tree decorated with homemade baubles made | | | | vital to keep their brains ticking and there are |
| from old tin. Christmas cake or trifle would be | | | | more ways to sharpen their memory than asking |
| made as a special Christmas treat using | | | | them to recall the words to 'In the bleak |
| ingredients hoarded in the larder throughout the | | | | midwinter'. You can help to exercise their brain |
| previous year, and the house would be decorated | | | | power and get them back into the habit of |
| with paper chains made out of newspaper and | | | | thinking for themselves with Brain Fitness kits, |
| stuck with glue made from flour and water. | | | | probably the best Christmas gifts you can give to |
| Friends delivered homemade Christmas cards, and | | | | an ageing relative, or even an IQ test, to help |
| the Christmas gifts we found in our stockings | | | | them pinpoint the areas they need to improve. |
| were pieces of fruit, perhaps a small piece of coal | | | | When it comes to Christmas gifts, you'd be |
| for luck, pencils, handkerchiefs, a pair of knitted | | | | surprised how many older people prefer to |
| gloves or perhaps a small wooden toy. | | | | receive the gift of an exciting day out, or even a |
| Entertainment on Christmas Day was provided by | | | | short break if your budget can stretch to it. If |
| the wireless while the family indulged in card | | | | they still have a spring in their step and love the |
| games, whist and charades. Food in Britain was still | | | | glamorous side of life, why not consider a Strictly |
| heavily rationed even 5 years after the war | | | | Come Dancing gift experience for your gran and |
| ended, and there was no commercial TV for | | | | granny to share? There are a wide range of gift |
| entertainment until the mid-fifties. Computer | | | | experiences on offer and no reason not to treat |
| games, iPods, CDs and DVDs were unheard of; a | | | | your old folks, when after all, they have all that |
| mere futuristic vision! | | | | time on their hands. Just don't go crazy and |
| So it's no surprise when it comes to your | | | | overestimate their abilities - maybe rock-climbing |
| Christmas gifts that grandma and grandad will not | | | | and bungee jumping will be slightly out of granny's |
| understand how to work your brand new state | | | | league! |
| of the art gadgets! What our old folks love best is | | | | What's important to remember is to make |
| nostalgia, and you can indulge them in a range of | | | | Christmas a happy time of year for everyone, |
| memorabilia gift packs to keep their fondest | | | | regardless of their age, and when it comes to |
| memories alive. Whether it be memorabilia | | | | Christmas gifts, putting a smile on the face of a |
| dedicated to family days out at the seaside in the | | | | loved one bypasses the boundaries of age. For |
| 1950s, the good old days of the Blitz, or the | | | | granny and granddad, Christmas gifts will be |
| golden days of classic steam trains, these unique | | | | special no matter what, but you can be creative |
| packs are sure to have them chattering away by | | | | with what you buy and make their day as |
| the fire recounting all their fondest childhood | | | | memorable as those special Christmas Days of |
| stories. | | | | yesteryear. |